Before (end of 1995) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 33 · Conservative 8 · Other 0 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1996) (41 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 5 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Grange1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| A. Crawford | Labour | 1,017 ✓ |
| Hughes T. | Conservative | 113 |
Ledsham1 seat
| A. Claydon | Labour | 1,132 ✓ |
| B. Leather | Conservative | 704 |
| R Carr | Liberal Democrats | 122 |
Little Neston1 seat · turnout 51.4%
| K. Butcher | Labour | 916 ✓ |
| W John | Conservative | 425 |
| S. Reid | Liberal Democrats | 93 |
Parkgate1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| M. Andrews | Conservative | 875 ✓ |
| J. Pugh | Labour | 512 |
Rivacre1 seat · turnout 30.8%
| K. Byrne | Labour | 891 ✓ |
| H. Evans | Conservative | 115 |
| Handley M . Ms | Liberal Democrats | 63 |
Riverside1 seat
| Robinson J. | Labour | 441 ✓ |
| D. Phillips | Conservative | 182 |
| J Gaskell | Liberal Democrats | 117 |
Rossmore1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| J. Walker | Labour | 1,133 ✓ |
| G Howell | Conservative | 184 |
| P Martinson | Liberal Democrats | 183 |
Stanlow1 seat · turnout 31.4%
| K Spain | Labour | 756 ✓ |
| J. Brundit | Conservative | 49 |
Sutton1 seat · turnout 30.3%
| Earley S. | Labour | 1,199 ✓ |
| R. Richards | Conservative | 228 |
| C. Fry | Liberal Democrats | 113 |
Whitby1 seat · turnout 17.1%
| D. Fletcher | Labour | 1,197 ✓ |
| I Farquharson | Conservative | 619 |
| D. Davies | Liberal Democrats | 121 |
Willaston & Thornton2 seats
| A. Hogg | Conservative | 1,030 ✓ |
| B. Smith | Conservative | 860 ✓ |
| W. Moores | Labour | 336 |
| D. Evans | Labour | 326 |
| M Money | Green | 232 |
Wolverham1 seat · turnout 30.2%
| Mary Lewis | Labour | 555 ✓ |
| K Goodwin | Conservative | 82 |
